Militant groups’ growing tentacles
TERRORISM: ASIAN CONNECTION
South-east Asian governments are coming to grips with a new and more potent form of terrorism unleashed by Osama bin
Author: Derwin Pereira
Cleric praises ‘brave Osama’
INDONESIA
Militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir yesterday again denied links with Osama bin Laden even as he praised the terrorist as a
Wanted cleric ready to face police
TERRORISM: ASIAN CONNECTION
IN INDONESIA
Abu Bakar Bashir, linked to the Jemaah Ismaliah group, says Indonesia and Islam are being made scapegoats by the
Bomb-maker is Indonesian national
Arrested terrorist bomb-maker Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, now under detention in the Philippines, is the son of a council member of Indonesia's Muslim-based
Terrorists? Jakarta ‘yet to see proof’
Indonesian government casts doubt on links between groups and individuals in the country and terrorism elsewhere
The Indonesian government said yesterday it had
Is there an Al-Qaeda connection in Indonesia?
Recent arrests of Islamic extremists in Singapore and Malaysia have raised the worrying spectre of Indonesia becoming a regional centre for Osama
‘A potent force with network in region
THE Jemaah Islamiah is small compared to other militant groups in Indonesia but it has an international reach that makes it a
Megawati forced to tread softly
Jakarta is under pressure from Washington to get tougher with Islamic militant groups operating freely in the country, but domestic politics has
US has ‘no right to target Indonesia’
Intelligence chief says terrorists could easily use Indonesia as base, but that does not mean Washington can move in.
Indonesia's intelligence chief A.M.
Jakarta’s top Islamic council does a U-turn …
TO REGIONAL MEDIA The Indonesian Ulema Council slammed the detention of the militants, saying it was part of a US-led
conspiracy against
Muslim leaders slam militants’ arrest
They view the detention of militants in Singapore and Malaysia as a plot against Islam and urge Jakarta not to follow suit.
Leaders
Jakarta politicians turning to sorcerers for help
They seek from dukuns cures for illnesses, protection from black magic and spells to destroy rivals.
Politicians in Indonesia are increasingly turning to